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Episode 13 - Battle-Hardened Research: Navigating the Intersection of AI and Open Source

Richard Bejtlich sits down with Ali Islam to pull back the curtain on how a security research lab functions within a modern security company. Moving beyond the "ivory tower" of academia, Ali explains why researchers must be battle-hardened by real-world threat actor techniques to remain effective in the field. The conversation dives into Corelight’s unique commitment to the open source community through the direct funding of Zeek and Suricata developers, ensuring that community-driven tools can scale to meet massive enterprise traffic demands.

How PCB Layout Affects Wireless Performance

Wireless performance is often discussed as if it were determined mainly by the radio chip, antenna type, or communication protocol. Those factors do matter, but they do not tell the whole story. In real products, PCB layout often has just as much influence on wireless behavior as the module itself.

China-Linked Hackers Could Be Using Your WiFi Right Now

China-linked cyber groups have been hijacking everyday home routers—Linksys, Netgear, even small Cisco devices—and turning them into global proxy networks. That means an attacker can: This isn’t theoretical. In 2024–2025, massive botnets made of thousands of home routers were dismantled. The scariest part? Most people had no idea their device was involved.

Reverse Proxy: How It Works & Example Architecture

Accessing modern infrastructure requires more than a network-level foothold. As services spread across clouds, clusters, and regions, the question of who can reach what stops being a network question and becomes an identity question. Reverse proxies are the component that answers it. A reverse proxy sits between clients and backend services, validating identity and enforcing authorization on every inbound request before any application is touched.

Cybersecurity AI Explained: Agentic AI, PQC, and Real-World Security Challenges

At the 2025 RSA Conference, Justin Foster joins Zeus Kerravala to break down where AI in cybersecurity is actually delivering value and where it’s falling short. As security teams deal with growing complexity, many are finding that today’s AI tools create as much friction as they solve. This conversation explores how a shift toward agentic, skills-based AI can help teams move faster, reduce noise, and focus on what really matters.

Defending energy infrastructure in the age of Mythos

The Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) has released its first five-year strategic plan, following the broader national cybersecurity strategy. It’s coming at a time when the energy cybersecurity landscape is changing quickly, in some cases faster than operators can realistically keep up.

Why MFA is the Foundation of VPN Security

VPNs have long been considered the backbone of secure remote access, especially as organizations shifted to distributed work environments. By encrypting data in transit, they create a secure tunnel between users and corporate systems. On the surface, this appears sufficient to protect sensitive business operations and internal resources. However, encryption alone does not guarantee security. VPNs do not verify who is accessing the network, only that the connection is valid.

Claude Mythos Explained: AI Finding Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Chaining Exploits

Claude Mythos is an AI model capable of finding and chaining zero-day vulnerabilities at scale. That changes how attacks happen, especially in environments where you can’t patch fast enough. The Forescout 4D Platform with VistaroAI helps organizations respond with real-time visibility and dynamic control across all connected devices.